Alan Kelly (Tipperary, Labour)
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453. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of full-time staff by grade working in the school transport section of her Department; and the number of vacancies by grade currently in this section. [46283/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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The School Transport Scheme is a significant operation managed by Bus Éireann on behalf of the Department. In the 2020/2021 school year over 114,100 children, including over 14,700 children with special educational needs, are transported on a daily basis to primary and post-primary schools throughout the country at a cost of over €224.7m in 2020.

Currently there are 13 staff in the School Transport Section of my Department consisting of the following: 1 Principal Officer, 1 Acting Assistant Principal Officer, 1 Acting Higher Executive Officer, 5 Executive Officers, 1 Acting Executive Officer, 2 Clerical Officers, 2 Temporary Clerical Officers.

There is currently one vacancy at Assistant Principal Officer level which is being covered by temporary acting up contracts and one vacancy at Executive Officer level which is awaiting appointment.